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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: How A Christmas Card Gave Us “It’s A Wonderful Life”
Description: Today in 1946, the release of the movie “It’s A Wonderful Life.” It took a while for the movie to win its spot in the top ranks of holiday films - and the story on which the movie is based also took a little while to make its way into the world. Plus: that pool built under the gym floor in the movie? That's real.
It’s a Wonderful Life was Based on a “Christmas Card” Short Story by Philip Van Doren Stern (Today I Found Out)
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